Colleagues,
This is a very important action alert.
Please take the time on Friday to call in.
See below for details.
Peace, Merla
Subject: [DIV42] Action Alert! National Call-in Day for Mental Health Parity This
Friday, December 7
From: Jerry Grammer mailto:jerrygrammer@SBCGLOBAL.NET
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:14:34 -0800
To: DIV42@LISTS.APA.ORG
To: DIV42@LISTS.APA.ORG
Action Alert! National Call-in Day for Mental Health Parity This Friday, December 7
The Senate passed the Mental Health Parity Act (S. 558) by unanimous consent in September, but the full House has yet to take action. With less than three weeks left in the legislative session, time is running out for Congress to enact full mental health parity. This historic opportunity is at risk of ending in deadlock if the House fails to pass a bill that can pass in the Senate. Please call your Representative to urge him/her to work with the leadership to pass a parity bill that can pass in the Senate. Even if you are one of the thousands of psychologists who have already sent emails through the Legislative Action Center , we need you to make this one short follow-up phone call to your Representative. If you miss the December 7 call-in date, it is still vital for you to call your Representative.
Action:
Call on Friday, December 7 to urge your Representative to work with the leadership to pass a parity bill that can pass in both houses
Option 1: Call the Capitol switchboard at 1-866-PARITY-4 (1-866-727-4894). Ask for your Representative’s office. Urge him/her to work with the leadership to pass a parity bill that can pass in both houses. If you do not know your Representative’s name, give the operator your ZIP code.
Option 2: In the unlikely event that the Capitol switchboard is busy, please call your Representative’s office directly. You can look up your Representative’s direct number at: http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.html
Grassroots feedback is also extremely important to our advocacy efforts, so we would very much appreciate it if you would email (jcook@apa.org) or fax (202-336-5797) us about any responses that you receive from your Representative’s office.
Message: I am calling to urge Congressman/woman __________ to work with the leadership to pass a parity bill that can pass in both houses. The clock is running out to finally enact full mental health parity this year. My patients have waited too long and this issue is too important for 2007 to end without sending a bill to the President. Please help!
-- Dr. M. Arnold, RN, PhD Licensed Psychologist - Registered Nurse Psychological Services, Behavioral Health Counseling, Consultation and Education Focused on the Needs of Older Adults Western Suffolk/Eastern Nassau Counties, LI, NY Assisted Living Communities (631) 271-9863 "It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
